Closure.



No. 877,805. PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908. 0. B. STILLWELL,

CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29. 1907.

W/ZWESSES INVENTOI? A fro/m5 rs UNITED STAW NT orFIoE.

e AUDE B. STILLWELL, or JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHN c.

' LITTLE, 'OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

CLOSURE.

"No.u877,805.

Specifieation of Letters latent.

Patented. Jan. 28, 190

.Applioation filsd July 29.19am- Serial No. 886076- ;To all whom it may concern:

1 Be it known that I, CLAUDE B. STILLWEL-L,

a citizen of the United States, andresident of Jacksonville, in the county of Duval and 5 .State of Florida, have invented a new and ro'ved-Olosure, of which the following is a ,clear, and exact description.) This inventionrelates to closures for-different types of vessels and is particularly use-- ful 1n connection with bottles and the like.

An object of this invention is to provide a simple, strong and durable closure for vessels,

1 such as bottles and the like, which has means permanently attached thereto for withdraw- .mgthe closure from the mouthof-th without the. aid of a corkscrew, or other del vice for a like purpose.

A further object of the invention is to provide a closure or stopper of the class described,'having the extracting means parforth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thls specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of t rlosure,. showin the 'same applied to necked vessel; F1 2'is a transverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the closure removed from the vesselyFig. 3- is a trans verse section'showing a closure of modified form; Fig: 4 is a longitudinal section, showing a further modified form; and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of a closure of a still further modified form. v

Before proceeding to a more detailed de- .JOII'PtlOIl, it should be said, that while I preferably employ a stopper of cork, rubber or the like, my invention is applicable to differout kinds of closures. In connection with the closure, I use an extracting. device by means of which the stopper may be readily removed from thevessel. This extracting device is suitably. mounted within the body -.of astopper and is securely held in place by cement or other suitable means. The lower end of the extractor is bifurcated and con stitutes an anchor which co-acts with the cement or other material to hold the extractor rigidly in position. By this arrangement is obviated all danger of injury to the stopper itself in withdrawing the same, as the strain incident to the removal of the closure is distributed by'the extractor and the anchoring material.

Although I have represented my improvements in a certain preferred embodiment it should be understood that'I am not limitedto the precise details as described.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents-the ,neck of. a vessel into which the closure fits. 3 represents an opening in the stopper 2 of preferred or common form. The opening 3is of suitable size and depth toreceive an extractor which serves to withdraw the stopper from the neck of the vessel. The extractor 4 is preferably fashioned from an. elongated body, such as wire,-'

cord, twine, and the like, and comprises a shank 5, fornied by twisting lengths of the body together, an eye 7 at one end of the shank, and laterally disposed prongs 6 at the opposite ends thereof. The prongs 6, together with the stem 5, are arranged in the opening 3, and are secured in position therewithin by means of a cementing material,

such as sealing wax, cement, and the like, 8. The stem and prongs are heldin'rigidposition by the cement or other suitable material,

7 and constitute an anchor for the extracting device.

The cementing material in the opening should fill the same partly, leaving a recess in the top of the stopper into which the eye of the extractor can be depressed into an inoperative position. The opening 3 may be of-any suitable form, such as that of the rounded opening in Fig.2, or that of the angular opening illustrated in Fig. 3. In the modified form as shown in Fig. 4, I employ plugs 9'of wood, or other suitable materia arranged Within the openings, adjacent to the stem and-engaging the prongs 6. l

In Fig. 5, is shownan extractor consisting of a ring member 10, a twisted body portion 11, to which the ring member 10 is attached, and elongatedmembers 12. integral with the body portion 11.

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I desire to reiterate, that my invention does not reside in certain structural features shown herewith, but that the principle thereof consists in the application of an extractor,

anchored in position by means of an adhesive or cementing material, to a stopper, in such a manner that the extractor 18 not 111 direct engagement with the body of the stopper.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A closure, comprising a stopper, an extractor, and plastic means adapted to harden and serving to secure said extractor to said stopper.

2. A'closure, comprising a stopper, said pstopper having an opening adapted to receive an extractor, and plastic means for rigidly mounting said extractor 1n said. opening, said plast c means hardening on exposure.

3. A closure, comprising a stopper, an ex-.

tractor,'-said sto per having a suitable openin to hold sai extractor projecting i'rom 531d opening, and plastic means for securing said extractor in osition, said plastic means being adapted to arden after said extractor is in position.

4. A closure, comprising a stopper, an extractor carried by said stopper having a grip at one end thereof, an anchor at the other end of said extractor, and plastic means .ada ted to harden and serving to secure said dif /$05 mounted within said opening, and means for holding said anchor within said opening and out of engagement with said stopper,- said means consisting of a plastic material adapted to harden.

7. A closure, comprising a stopper presenting anopening, an extractor provided with prongs constituting an anchor adapted I to be mounted within said opening, and a plastic material within said opening and holding said anchor from engagement with said stopper, said material partially filling said opemng and adapted to harden.

8. A closure, comprising a stopper resenting an o ening, an anchor formed om an elongate body having parts entwined to form a stem and provided with a grip and prongs at the ends respectively of said stem, said stem and said prongs constituting an anchor adapted to be mounted within said opening, an plastic means adapted to harden and serving to hold said anchor in position.

9. A closure, comprising a stopper resenting an o ening, an anchor formed om an elongate body having parts entwined to form a stem and provided with a grip and prongs at the ends respectively of saidstem, said stem and said prongs constituting an anchor adapted to be -mounted within said opening, and-plastic means adapted to hard-en and serving to hold said anchor in position, said plastic means partially filling said opening and holding said. anchor out of engagement with said sto per. 1 i

In testimony whereof I have. signed my. name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLAUDE B. STHJLW ELL.

Witnesses Gno. W. Mozo, W. WILLIAMS. 

